Self-taught-techie slept on the datacenter floor, survived communism, ended a marriage [Tue Feb 20 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 20 February 2024 ***************************************************************** Self-taught-techie slept on the datacenter floor, survived communism, ended a marriage This is what happens when you get promoted too fast, too soon ***************************************************************** On-Prem * What's going on with Eos, Nvidia's incredible shrinking supercomputer? It'll have 10K GPUs! No, 4,608! Err... 2,816? * Virgin Media to stand up rival network operator to BT Openreach NetCo hoping to eat some of the pie by opening network plumbing to ISPs Security * LockBit ransomware gang disrupted by global operation Website has been seized and replaced with law enforcement logos from eleven nations * ALPHV gang claims it's the attacker that broke into Prudential Financial, LoanDepot Ransomware group continues to exploit US regulatory requirements to its advantage Software * Going with the flow makes AI better at solving coding problems Careful prompting can beat training a model from scratch * City of London ditches Oracle for SAP in search of ERP enlightenment Four years after first approaching market for new system, public body hopes to start working with SI * OpenAI tries to trademark 'GPT'. US patent office says nope Plus: How you can set up your own AI chatbot on your device, and more * British businesses told: Compliance with EU AI law will satisfy UK guidance Keep calm and innovate or regulate before it's too late? * Self-taught-techie slept on the datacenter floor, survived communism, ended a marriage This is what happens when you get promoted too fast, too soon * Google debuts first Android 15 developer preview without a single mention of AI Expect it to be stable in June, ready for release sometime after July * Days after half a billion Asians went to the polls, Big Tech promises to counter 2024 election misinformation Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and pals promise they'll try very hard to keep AI nasties off the 'net Offbeat * Japan launches satellite to eyeball derelict rocket stage Mission a step along the road to commercial orbit decluttering * Chunks of deorbiting ESA satellite are expected to reach the ground Danger to humans? Less than '1 in 100 billion', says agency * Space nukes: The unbelievably bad idea that's exactly that ... unbelievable Like the reality, the concept is blown up out of all proportion. So who launched it this time around? * India effectively kills e-wallet used by over 300 million Paytm's merchant services will live on, but its main consumer product looks be toast * A visa to fill Australia's empty tech jobs is getting more expensive, but maybe better value Application process gets a massive overhaul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2024 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: